Ahmad Al-Mansur: Islamic VisionaryPearson Longman, 2006 - 190 pages This new entry into the Longman World Biography series examines a leading statesman who guided a key country during a pivotal time in history. Al-Mansur was a man of contradictions whose policies combined a vision of the future with a longing for the past; by building one state, he destroyed another. |
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The Rise of the Sadi Dynasty | 1 |
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